Have a peek at the creative Christmas Angels designed today in class!!
Angelic Angels in 1st & 2nd Class
School of Rock
After weeks of rehearsals, we were delighted to perform our school musical ‘School of Rock’ for the community on Thursday 8th December.
We are incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication of every child in our school. From designing posters and tickets, to learning lines and perfecting dance moves, no task was ever too much for the children. They were determined to put on a good show, and what a show it was – we were blown away by their incredible performance! Such a wonderful display of talent and energy!
As always, there were many people behind the scenes who helped us put on such an amazing show. Thank you to Tara McAuley, our musical director, for her dedication over the past number of years. Thank you to Karen McDermott for her beautiful backdrop, and to Mark McDermott for videoing the show. Thank you to everyone in Lisdoonan Community Centre for going above and beyond to help as always. Thank you finally to the parents who donated prizes for the raffle, your unending support doesn’t go unnoticed!
What an amazing end to 2022 in St. Michael’s National School!
Big Excitement for the Toy Show Tonight!
Mrs. Mc Guirk’s 1st and 2nd Class had great fun today, designing jumpers for Ryan Tubridy for tonight’s show. I think you will all agree, they have done a really good job.
Enjoy the show tonight everyone!
Congratulations Shéa!
Congratulations and well done to Shéa Kelly who won a First Aid Kit for our school. He won a colouring competition at Pilgrims Food Master’s for Health and Safety Week.
Science Week 14th-28th November 2022
1st and 2nd Class have been very busy in the field of science. We had Louise Swords from CLAYOTIC in on Monday 14th of November 2022, using clay to make various different dinosaurs with the children. We had a webinar from Linda Birkin, telling us lots of facts about insects. We also learned lots of different Science facts each day and completed various exciting experiments in class too. Have a look at our Science expertise at work below!
Halloween 2022
We had great day on 28th October 2022 celebrating Halloween in St. Michael’s National School. The children dressed up and each class had a Halloween party. We also held a whole-school Halloween disco. We took part in ‘Trick or Treat for Sick Children’ and raised almost €300 for this very worthy cause, well done everyone!
We also held our monthly assembly, where numerous children were awarded with certificates for their hard work this term.
Wishing you all a happy and safe Halloween!
First term in 5th & 6th Class
What an amazing first term we had together in 5th & 6th class. The pupils have worked so hard engaging in individual & group projects. We completed a study of our very own county of Monaghan, created outstanding family and county coat of arms for a competition, dramatized and illustrated the story of Setanta, researched and wrote reports on a famous artist, made periscopes, composed Halloween soundscapes for music, designed and made unique 3D buildings among many more creative activities. Choice time awards were having a fun pyjama and desk swap day.
Of course the highlight of all was supporting our boys as they reached the final of their Cumann na mBunscol School football league. Well done on your wonderful achievement boys!
We hope you all have a fun Halloween break and looking forward to the adventures that the next term brings!
Happy Halloween from 3rd and 4th Class
It’s hard to believe, we are at the end of the first half of term already – we have been busy in 3rd and 4th class.
The boys and girls have worked extremely hard since September and should be very proud of their efforts.
In Maths – we have been exploring addition, subtraction and multiplication, all of which will set us up to tackle lots of other areas in Maths throughout the year.
In English, we have been busy with Recount and Report Writing. The children wrote some exceptional pieces, about fairies. We will be keeping a close eye out next time we are in the woods, to see if we can spot one! They also blew their teacher away, with some amazing reports on a country of their choice – super impressive!
In Irish, we have been exploring the Aimsir Chaite Briathra Rialta. The boys and girls have really grasped these over the past few weeks which is amazing! We have also been practicing forming our own sentences in Gaeilge through games which has been great fun! We looked at Mé Féin and Bia.
We have been learning about our bodies, inside and out as well as delving into the past, learning about The Stone Age.
To top it all off, we have been in full swing practicing for our big show and by golly is it going to be a good one, not to be missed!
We made some fantastic mosaic pumpkins and had a spooky colouring competition.
The children made a fantastic effort with their costumes for our Halloween Dress Up in aid of Trick or Treat for Temple Street so well done to everyone. We enjoyed our Halloween disco and assembly where we performed our Oíche Shamhna song for the whole school.
Well done to all the boys and girls in 3rd and 4th who have made a great start to the school year. We can’t wait to see what comes next. Have a very Happy and Safe Halloween!
Halloween in Mrs. Mc Guirk’s Room
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM FIRST AND SECOND CLASS!
This week we have been busy learning about Halloween Safety, Halloween Traditions, singing Halloween songs in both Irish and English and reciting Halloween Poetry. We had great fun making our own SPOOKTACULAR SPIDERS and AMAZING MASKS too.
We all had FANGTASTIC FUN on Friday when we showed off our talents at our Whole School Assembly. We got to display our Halloween Costumes, as we danced, all in support of Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
Maths Week in the Infant Classroom 2022
We have been very busy this week as we celebrated Maths Week. The children took part in various maths-based activities, focusing particularly on using their ‘maths eyes’! Have a look at what we got up to…
We designed and created shape monsters.
We completed some ‘shape printing’ for art!
We played snakes and ladders in pairs.
And finally, we tried to focus more on the natural maths in our environment – maths is everywhere! The boys and girls took some time to use their maths and eyes at home, recorded these, and then presented these to the class. Well done to all of the boys and girls for taking part!
